Biographies

Mr. Martin A. Kaplan serves as Independent Chairman of the Board of the Company. Mr. Kaplan is chairman of the board of Superconductor Technologies and was a member of the board of directors of Viavi until the completion of the Separation. Mr. Kaplan is also a member of the board of directors of Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation which assists severely wounded veterans transition to civilian life. From May 1998 until his retirement in May 2000 after 40 years in the technology industry, He was executive vice president of Pacific Telesis Group, Inc., parent of Pacific Bell, a telecommunications company, responsible for integration following the merger of SBC Communications, Inc. (“SBC”), a telecommunications company, and Pacific Telesis Group, Inc., followed by the same role for other SBC mergers. Mr. Kaplan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from California Institute of Technology.

Mr. Alan S. Lowe serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Company. Mr. Lowe has served as Lumentum’s president and chief executive officer since July 2015. Prior to joining Lumentum, Mr. Lowe was employed by Viavi. Mr. Lowe joined Viavi in September 2007 as senior vice president of the Lasers business, and became executive vice president and president of Viavi’s Communications and Commercial Optical Products business in October 2008. Prior to joining Viavi, Mr. Lowe was senior vice president, Customer Solutions Group at Asyst Technologies, Inc. a leader in automating semiconductor and flat panel display fabs. From 2000 to 2003, he was president and chief executive officer of Read-Rite Corporation, a manufacturer of thin-film recording heads for disk and tape drives. From 1989 to 2000, Mr. Lowe served in roles of increasing responsibility at Read-Rite, including president and chief operating officer, and senior vice president of customer business units. Mr. Lowe holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in computer science and business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and completed the Stanford Executive Program in 1994.

Mr. Christopher Coldren is Interim Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of the Company. He has served in various roles at Lumentum since its separation from JDS Uniphase Corporation (now Viavi) in August 2015, most recently as Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development. Mr. Coldren joined JDSU in December 2005 and prior to the separation, his responsibilities included leading strategic merger, acquisition, divestiture and partnership processes, helping the Company enter new markets and optimizing existing business lines. Previous responsibilities included Strategic Marketing, Business Development, and Technology Development for the Company’s optical communications transmission product business lines. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Coldren was Director of Technology and Business Development at Agility Communications, Inc., a leading tunable laser company. Mr. Coldren began his career at SDL, Inc. as a research scientist and developed advanced photonic technologies. Mr. Coldren holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a BA in physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Mr. Vincent Retort serves as Chief Operations Officer, Executive Vice President of the Company. He has served as Lumentum’s chief operations officer and executive vice president since February 2016, and was previously our senior vice president, research and development from July 2015 through February 2016. Prior to joining Lumentum, Mr. Retort was employed by Viavi. Mr. Retort joined Viavi in 2008 as vice president of research & development, CCOP, and became senior vice president of research & development of CCOP in 2011. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Retort was vice president of product engineering, reliability and quality at NeoPhotonics Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of photonic integrated circuit based modules and subsystems. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Retort served as senior director of development engineering, magnetic recording performance at Seagate Technologies PLC, an international manufacturer and distributor of computer disk drives. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Retort served as vice president of product engineering at Lightwave Microsystems Corporation, a communications equipment company. Mr. Retort holds a Masters of Science degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from West Virginia University.

Mr. Jason Reinhardt serves as Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Product Line Management of the Company. Prior to joining Lumentum, Mr. Reinhardt was employed by Viavi. Mr. Reinhardt joined Viavi in May 2008 as Director of Sales for North America. He was subsequently promoted to Senior Director of North America Sales, VP and Senior VP of Global Sales, holding that position from August 2010 until January 2014, after which he focused on charitable humanitarian work while holding a part-time business development position. Mr. Reinhardt returned to a full-time role in June 2015, serving as Viavi’s Senior VP of Global Sales. Before joining Viavi, Mr. Reinhardt served as Deputy Country Director of HOPE worldwide Afghanistan, Senior Director of North America Sales at Avanex Corporation and Account Manager and Production Engineer at Corning Incorporated. He also served as an officer in the United States Air Force prior to those roles. Mr. Reinhardt holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Montana State University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Babson College’s Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business.

Ms. Judy Hamel serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of the Company. prior to that as vice president, general counsel and secretary from July 2015 to May 2018. Prior to joining Lumentum, Ms. Hamel was employed by Viavi. Ms. Hamel joined Viavi in August 2012 as senior corporate counsel. Prior to joining Viavi, from September 2006 to August 2012, Ms. Hamel served as vice president legal affairs at Cortina Systems, Inc., a global communications supplier of port connectivity solutions to the networking and telecommunications sector. Previously, Ms. Hamel worked as a corporate associate at Silicon Valley law firms Cooley Godward LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati PC. Ms. Hamel holds a Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University School of Law, a Masters degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Finance from Southern New Hampshire University.

Mr. Harold L. Covert, Jr. serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Covert was previously the chief financial officer of Harmonic Inc., a provider of video delivery infrastructure solutions, until he resigned in June 2017. From 2014 to 2015, Mr. Covert was an independent business consultant, and from 2011 to 2014, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Lumos Networks Corporation, a fiber-based service provider. From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Covert was an independent business consultant. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Covert was president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Silicon Image, Inc., a provider of semiconductors for storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content. Within the past five years he was also a member of the board of directors of Viavi until the completion of the Separation, Solta Medical, Inc., which was acquired in 2014, and Harmonic Inc. from July 2007 to October 2015. Mr. Covert holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Lake Erie College and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Cleveland State University and is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Ms. Penelope A. Herscher serves as Independent Director of the Company. Penelope Herscher serves as a member of the board of directors of Verint Systems Inc., PROS Inc., and Faurecia SA, and on the board of Delphix, a private company. Ms. Herscher previously served as a member of the board of directors of Rambus, Inc. from 2006 to 2018 and of Viavi from 2008 until the completion of the Separation. From 2004 to 2015, Ms. Herscher held the position of President and CEO at FirstRain, an enterprise software company, and from 2002 to 2003, she held the position of executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. an electronic design automation software company. From 1996 to 2002, Ms. Herscher was President and CEO of Simplex Solutions, taking the company public in 2001 and prior to its acquisition by Cadence in 2002. Ms. Herscher holds a BA Hons, MA in Mathematics from Cambridge University in England.

Ms. Julia Suzanne Johnson is Independent Director of the Company. She over 25 years of operations, product development, and technology experience, Ms. Johnson is currently the Senior Vice President Product Management at VeriFone, a global provider of technology that enables electronic payment transactions, a position she has held since March 2017. Prior to VeriFone, Ms. Johnson was Corporate Vice President Product Management at Lenovo, a Chinese multinational technology company selling personal computers, tablet computers, smartphones, amongst others, from 2014 to 2016. Before Lenovo, Ms. Johnson was Corporate Vice President - Product Management at Google from 2012 to 2014. Prior to Google, Ms. Johnson was Vice President of Product Management at Motorola, a global telecommunications company. Ms. Johnson received a Master of Business Administration degree and a Master degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor degree in Math and Physics from Albion College.

Mr. Brian J. Lillie serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Lillie is the chief customer officer (“CCO”) and executive vice president of Technical Services of Equinix, Inc., a global provider of data center and internet exchange services. As CCO, Mr. Lillie directly leads the Global Customer Success Organization, which includes Global Customer Care, Global Customer Experience, Global Customer Process, and Global Technology Services, including IT and Interconnection Product Engineering. Previous to this assignment, for the past eight years, Mr. Lillie served as global CIO for Equinix. Prior to joining Equinix, Mr. Lillie held several executive-level roles at VeriSign, Inc., a provider of intelligent infrastructure services, including vice president of global information systems and vice president of global sales operations. Mr. Lillie is a member of the board of directors of Talend, S.A., a position he has held since May 2018. Mr. Lillie holds a Master of Science degree in Management from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications Management from Golden Gate University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Montana State University.

Mr. Samuel F. Thomas serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Thomas is chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president of Chart Industries, Inc., an engineered cryogenic equipment manufacturer serving the natural gas and industrial gas industries, which he joined in 2003. From 1998 to 2003, He was executive vice president of Global Consumables at ESAB Holdings Ltd., a provider of welding consumables and equipment. Mr. Thomas holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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